1919

Christmas, New Year and birthday cards are hereby gratefully acknowledged to Marge and Ken Huntington, Larry Eastman, Wilk Wilkinson, Nock Wallis, Elmer Phelps, Dot and Nick Sandoe, Adel and Paul Clements, Hal Parsons, Jane and San Treat, Marie Drane, Hattie and Bob Paisley, Leonora and Budd Welsh, Win Batcheldor and Harriet, Jack and Hester McCrillis, Hon and Fat Jackson, Dot and Stu Russell, Mary and Sam Ewart, Fran and Lew Garrison, Polly and Jim Wilson, Phil and Helen Bird, Harriet and Lou Munro, Trace Hohl, Jane and Lou Cody, Adele and Bri Greeley, Constance and Will I. Levy, Rock and Alice Earle Hayes, Harry and Lil Colwell, Spike and Dick Dudensing, Norm and Ruth Jeavons, Jean and Lou Stone, Art Palmer, Chug Sears, Paul and Catherine Halloran, Elizabeth and Norm Sterling, Bill Stedman, Joe Eisaman, Tom and Claire Bresnahan, Bob Colwell '18, Jim Davis and Marjorie and Howie Wright. Howie notes also that:

"Just a few lines to extend to you a little more personal greeting from Marjorie and myself. We also want to jump the gun and wish you happiness on your birthday, January 3. We are doing this as we expect to be in the South at that time. We plan to leave Winchester, December 18, for Augusta, Ga., to visit our son Alan (D-1951) and meet the young lady to whom he has just become engaged. We will then go on to Ormond Beach, Fla., for a short stay before returning home early in January Hope to see you in Hanover on the next occasion or excuse that '19 has for a get-together in Hanover."

Ralph Hayes, retired Captain USNR, of Swarthmore, Pa., likes being retired:

"News? Retired now, I'm working as hard as ever, mostly on my own as a consulting engineer. Then I have an arrangement with a local, small, electrical manufacturing concern to work full time for a few months at a stretch each year; the last stretch was as development engineer on boro-carbon resistors. Much fun. The first time I've seen an ohm since I left college. The best part of this being retired is that you can make your own time; I like to get the hell out of this climate in the winter. Last winter Gladys and I had a month in the Trinidad-Panama area with the Navy. We can't take the cold the way we did 35-40 years ago, can we George?"

Jerome Kerwin received a nice write-up inthe Eau Claire (Wise.) Leader:

"Dr. Jerome G. Kerwin, Chicago, political scientist and author, will be the principal speaker at dedication services for the new Regis Catholic High School. Dr. Kerwin, a graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia University, has been professor in social sciences at. the University of Chicago since 1921. In 1935 he was appointed dean of students, social sciences division, and in 1944 he became chairman of the Chicago Institute for Religious and Social Studies. Dr. Kerwin is the author of several books and contributor to many reviews of political affairs. He wrote Federal Water Power Legislation,The Great Tradition, and was co-author of Schools and City Government. Dr. Kerwin is a member of the advisory boards of Rosary College, River Forest, Ill., and Xavier College, Chicago, and is a member of the University of Chicago Settlement Board. He holds honorary degrees from St. Viator's College, Holy Cross College and the University of Notre Dame."

Class doctors - Dr. Bob Stecher of Clevelandwas recently on a panel chosen by theCleveland Academy of Medicine for a discussionof arthritis at the free Health Forumat the Public Hall. Bob has "been on thestaff of the School of Medicine of WesternReserve University and City Hospital, wherehe is assistant clinical professor, since 1928.He is a member of the executive committeeof the National Arthritis and RheumatismFoundation, the new president of the LiqueInternationale, international organization devotedto research and treatment of arthritisand kindred diseases. He has spoken at manynational and world meetings in this field, ispresident of the Cleveland Health Museum,author of fifty scientific papers."

Dr. Charles (Henry) Clay, busy assistant directorof Massachusetts General Hospital,writes the Sec:

"On the last day of this year it seems appropriate for me to send you best wishes for the New Year, and my thanks for the Class' recent birthday card. It seemed only a few months since the last one. Time goes fast here at the Massachusetts General, anyway. Our unwritten motto is 'Never a Dull Moment' and that is literally true. One interesting angle is that whereas most of our classmates are busily engaged in making a profit for the firm we expect, under normal conditions, to wind up the year with a net deficit. This arises from the service we give for free to people who cannot pay us - in 1953 this amounted to $1,000,000. Entire operating cost was about $8,000,000. We are a terrific educational institution, too, with students from all over the world — 33 countries, to be exact. Part of my work is attending to their relations with the Immigration Service. Social note — my son, Paul, has taken up the guitar - and now we make a mandolin and guitar duo that is highly entertaining."

Chug Sears is working on the Annual Father-Son dinner to be held in Hanover in March. Full details will be forthcoming from Chug at an early date.

Secretary, 1273 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N. Y.

Treasurer, 184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt.

Bequest Chairman, ROGER A. CLARK